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Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
City Heights
Blog entries concerning the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego.
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Entries
just because he's my friend
remember middle of last year, the day after the services for the fallen officer, when a man was arrested for an attack on a police officer and a couple of god samaritans in north park/city ...
El Sol: Jewel of University Avenue
Made my usual mistake tonight: Got the 7 and the 15 buses confused. Was aboard the #7, and we turned right on University. Wrong! Pulled the cord and found myself down at the bottom of ...
Que Huong Vietnamese Restaurant
As Elizabeth Salaam recently pointed out, City Heights has some amazing places to eat if one is willing to look around a bit. Que Huong, tucked into a strip mall at the intersection of University ...
Yeah Buddy! La Escalera Records Turn a Year Old
When Ezequiel “Ziggy” Pelayo says, “We started Yeah Buddy Fest because we really just wanted to barbecue and party and hang out all day,” you believe him. The good times really are that simple, and ...
$10 Lunch: Fatuma (Somali Cuisine)
Yesterday, when I went asking around for lunch ideas, a friend sent me to Fatuma, a Somalian restaurant on University. As is often the case at African restaurants in City Heights during the lunch hour, ...
Win a Vintage Bike for a Buck at Eleven
Tired of bipeding everywhere like a chump? Score this sweet steed at Eleven’s multiple sclerosis bingo benefit tonight. Cards are a buck each and drafts go for $3 all night. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/26/21611/ Maximum style. “The rubber ...
$10 Lunch (for two!): Cali Baguette Express
Say the word “sandwich” and my first thought is, Blah. I eat them, yes, but rarely do they move me. The banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches) at Cali Baguette Express, however, do move me. I've said ...
East of Sweden, Explained
It’s a Monday morning and ex-Syndicate drummer Jeffrey O’Brien is on the phone to pimp his new project. It’s an indie post-punk dance rock trio (his words) called East of Sweden. East of Sweden? Is ...
Hoai Hue: Serving the OTHER Vietnamese Soup
Apologies in advance to the Vietnamese language. The proper characters just don't exist on most keyboards in the US. That said, there is an amazing soup from Vietnam and it is not pho. It is ...
Program Guarantees Inner City Grads Admittance to SDSU
Over 250 Hoover High School juniors are expected to enroll at San Diego State University in 2013 thanks to the College Avenue Compact agreement between the university and the City Heights Educational Collaborative, SDSU reports. ...
San Diego Brainbomb Two Festival of Sound and Visuals
Tonight, SxDx NOISE and analog projectionists Operation: MINDBLOW kick off a three night music series based on improvisational sound and visuals. Thursday, October 13 @ The Tin Can Ale House- 8pm - $5 MICHAEL TRIGILIO ...
Groovetube - Blue Man Group Covers Nirvana "Nevermind" at Tower Bar
My bologna-o-meter went berserker last Thursday when a dude at Whistle Stop told me that, not only would the Blue Man Group be playing a secret show at the Tower Bar on Saturday, but they ...
Groovetube - Batwings, Vaginals, Stripper Pussy, Monogamy Party at Ruby Room - Randy Chiurazzi, 2Up, Upsilon Acrux, Innerds at Tower Bar
Batwings, Stripper Pussy (LA), Vaginals, and Monogamy Party (Seattle) stirred things up at the Ruby Room on Thursday night. Here’s a peek at how that went. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9wdGoyGpXg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdvYDn92tIQ Friday’s post-progcore orgy of facemelt at Tower ...
Bike the Boulevard Today at Noon
“Bicycling has a way of bringing more vibrancy to a city,” Beryl Forman aka Miss Boulevard, marketing manager for the El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association, told the Reader in February. “When you see a ...
Marti Emerald To Run For 9th District Council Seat
First term councilmember Marti Emerald announced that she is running for re-election to the city council, but this time around for a different district. One day after the Redistricting Committee approved new council boundaries, Emerald ...
Cruise-the-Boulevard Mixer Celebrates Classic Car Culture
El Cajon Boulevard was once part of Historic Highway 80, which extended from San Diego to Savannah, Georgia before Interstates 8 and 10 replaced much of the route. Car culture thrived on the Boulevard where, ...
Five Free Friday Fiestas
Free Friday night party plans, you say? First of all, the Retox show at The Yard has been cancelled (the Facebook event was listed without them being asked to play). Gloomsday and Hauksness will be ...
Class Actress, Freddy Cougar, Vegan Flytrap — Soda Bar
Tuesday night kicks off the tour for Brooklyn electro-pop trio Class Actress, whose West Coast jaunt includes a couple dates with Washed Out (but not here). Consult das Pitchfork. Freddy Cougar - auto-tuned latin futureton ...
Sweet Cheeks' Baby: Hybridized Future Sexual Chocolate
“Sweet Cheeks was inspired by the fact that, from my experiences, when one goes out to a bar or venue and wants to hear different music, no one ever thinks of the ladies, let alone ...
Organic Fish Bladders?
I pulled up to the light in front of Til Two Club and clicked my blinker to the left. Rounding the corner, the white whale appeared: an empty parking spot directly beneath a streetlight, directly ...
